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I used to fish for pickerel up in upstate NY and pennsylvania. Got some serious damn big ones. I think the biggest was close to 3 feet. What a pain that was to bring in. In the lakes where they were common, had to go with as much as a 1 foot steel leader just so the bastards wouldn't bite thru the line

We have alot of pickerel here in MA also I knew Pike got that big but not pickerel. If I was reeling in a 3 foot pickerel I better have one of those metal hook removers or I am cutting the damn line.

They'll completely take over in smaller lakes and ponds because they're so aggressive. Most people down here kill them when they catch one. You can't even eat them. The meat is kind of leathery and they are just full of bones.

They'll completely take over in smaller lakes and ponds because they're so aggressive. Most people down here kill them when they catch one. You can't even eat them. The meat is kind of leathery and they are just full of bones.

That's the first one I've ever come across. My mother-in-law took a picture, next time I go to MS. I'll get it and post it. I didn't think it was right to eat it so I let it go. I'm sure it's pretty easy to spot from the air, good meal for a hawk, lol.

No kidding. My buddy looked over and was like, "What the hell are you pulling in!"

The ironic thing is that I was about to pull that line in b/c I had crossed it with another line. I always pull the line very slightly and slowly before reeling in...just in case something is checking out my bait. I figure that doing this might cause an instinctive strike. I honestly at first thought that whatever I caught had wrapped around a rock or under a log in the water! This one was just a little under 18".

Pretty lucky up here in SW Michigan....decent rivers and inland lakes and ofcoarse Lake Michigan with salmon, perch, lake trout, brown trout, steelheaad, and my favorite Skamani (its a really aggressive steelhead that breeds in the summer. And of coarse theres Lake Erie on other side with great walleye and smallmouth

Rough day guys. I caught a couple of Large Mouth Bass, but the biggest was about nine inches long...if that

Honestly though, it was a little longer than my hand from fingertip to palm. No keepers this week. Oh well, it was a new spot and it was windy as hell. I can't complain though, b/c the weather is still beautiful here in Central Florida!

Rough day guys. I caught a couple of Large Mouth Bass, but the biggest was about nine inches long...if that

Honestly though, it was a little longer than my hand from fingertip to palm. No keepers this week. Oh well, it was a new spot and it was windy as hell. I can't complain though, b/c the weather is still beautiful here in Central Florida!

Did anyone watch the collage fishing competition in Sacramento ? One of the teams landed a treble hook in the back of his partners head ! 2 of the 3 prongs were buried in the kids scalp...ouch. They caught some pretty nice fish though.

Did anyone watch the collage fishing competition in Sacramento ? One of the teams landed a treble hook in the back of his partners head ! 2 of the 3 prongs were buried in the kids scalp...ouch. They caught some pretty nice fish though.

I just read this Don. What happened? Did you hook somebody or did somebody hook you?

Sorry guys. This was a rough week. I went fishing three times since the pic of that little monster two posts up...the only thing I caught this week was a killer blue gill. I'm not sure how he did it, but it was off of a minnow. The minnow was sticking out of his mouth when I pulled it in. The bluegill couldn't even swallow the bait

Yup. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. I told you, it was an off week, lol.

Speaking of killers though...there's a lake up the street from my house and people have occasionally been catching these Pacu from 15 lbs - 20 lbs. I'm not sure how though b/c the local papers are stating that they're supposedly herbivores. I'm certain they're omnivores though:

I had bought a pacu for my fishtank a long long ways back (1994?) When I got him he was around the size of a quarter. After a couple years, he was a good foot across, and although oddly he didn't eat any of the original fish who were in the tank with him, once he was big enough I couldn't add any new fish as he'd immediately eat em. Then one weekend I went away for something or another, and when I got back, he was solo in the tank

Yup. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. I told you, it was an off week, lol.

Speaking of killers though...there's a lake up the street from my house and people have occasionally been catching these Pacu from 15 lbs - 20 lbs. I'm not sure how though b/c the local papers are stating that they're supposedly herbivores. I'm certain they're omnivores though:

EDIT:^^^That's not me. Just the best pic I could find

Thats it I am never going to Florida again. You guys got to much freaky shiat growing in your waters!!!!!

I had bought a pacu for my fishtank a long long ways back (1994?) When I got him he was around the size of a quarter. After a couple years, he was a good foot across, and although oddly he didn't eat any of the original fish who were in the tank with him, once he was big enough I couldn't add any new fish as he'd immediately eat em. Then one weekend I went away for something or another, and when I got back, he was solo in the tank

LOL. My suspicions have been confirmed.

Originally Posted by pembroke3355

Thats it I am never going to Florida again. You guys got to much freaky shiat growing in your waters!!!!!